The NSFC proposals and grants of soil science in 2022 were analyzed which mainly focused on three secondary application codes related to soil science in Environmental Geoscience discipline, including D0701 Environmental Soil Science, D0709 Fundamental Soil Science, and D0710 Soil Erosion and Soil Fertility. Furthermore, the applications, acceptances, peer reviews, project recommendations, grant funding, research teams, project’s scientific attributes and keywords data cloud for various types of NSFC projects were also analyzed comprehensively to provide reference for future applications.